Donald Trump has made another unusual admission about whether he believes he’ll get into heaven, speaking during the inaugural meeting of the Board of Peace.
The body, created under the Trump administration, brings together representatives from 50 countries to talk through global tensions and steps they say could help promote peace.
However, the president’s remarks quickly drifted into the kind of off-topic asides and odd detours that frequently draw attention during his public appearances, including a comment touching on his sexual preferences.
He also turned to the subject of the afterlife, saying he likes to “joke” and be “sarcastic” when speaking about what might happen after he dies.
Still, he offered what he described as a more candid view when he addressed his own prospects of reaching heaven.
“I hope to make it,” Trump said. “But I doubt I will, to be honest with you. A lot of you will. I’m not so sure.”
After the comments circulated, social media users weighed in in large numbers, with many saying they were confused by what he meant.
“What is he saying, I am lost,” one person wrote on X, while another suggested Trump was ‘trolling the media’ once again.
This wasn’t the first time he has brought up heaven in connection with current events. In August last year, he said he’d like to go to heaven if he were able to end the war in Ukraine, which began after Russia invaded the country in 2022.
Trump told the Fox and Friends breakfast show: “If I can save 7,000 people a week from being killed, I think that’s pretty — I want to try to get to heaven if possible.
“I’m hearing that I’m not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole. But if I can get to heaven, this will be one of the reasons.”
Following those remarks, supporters reportedly received fundraising emails with the subject line ‘I want to try and get to heaven’.
Newsweek reported that the message asked recipients to contribute $15.
The email added: “But I believe that God saved me for one reason: TO MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!.
“I certainly wasn’t supposed to survive an assassin’s bullet, but by the grace of the almighty God, I did. SO NOW, I have no other choice but to answer the Call to Duty, but I can’t do it alone.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later said Trump ‘was serious’ about the donations, adding: “I think the president wants to get to heaven — as I hope we all do in this room as well.”